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Needham History Center & Museum
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Spring into Springtime Gala
Needham History Center & Museum 1147 Central Ave., Needham, MA, United StatesNeedham History Center and Museum Fundraiser Celebrate the start of spring at Spring into Springtime! A fun-filled evening fundraiser to support the educational and community programs of the Needham History Center & Museum. Under a tent on our beautiful lawn, enjoy fabulous food from local food trucks, scrumptious desserts, bid on spectacular gift baskets, and […]
41st Annual Pansy Day
Needham History Center & Museum 1147 Central Ave., Needham, MA, United StatesJoin us on April 6th from 10 am to 3 pm on the lawn of the Needham History Center for the 41st Annual Pansy Day! We will have pansies, planters, and hanging baskets – all ready to bring some delightful Springtime into your life. We will also have our annual Heirloom Shop sale! Last year, […]
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Bourbon Tasting, with Bin Ends Needham
Needham History Center & Museum 1147 Central Ave., Needham, MA, United StatesNew to Bourbon? Try a few and learn what makes it unique and special. Love Bourbon? Find a few new choices! Join us for a tasting of fine bourbons, with our friends at Bin Ends. We will have several bourbons to try, and some snacks to go along with it. This event is free, but […]
A History of Boston
Needham History Center & Museum 1147 Central Ave., Needham, MA, United StatesA talk by author Daniel Dain. February 4 at 2:00 pm at the Needham History Center. Boston is today one of the world’s greatest cities, first in higher education, hospitals, life science companies, and sports teams. It was the home of the Great Puritan Migration, the American Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the first civil rights […]
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A Boston Harbor Islands Adventure: The Great Brewster Journal of 1891
Needham History Center & Museum 1147 Central Ave., Needham, MA, United StatesA talk by author Stephanie Schorow. In 1891, four intrepid women from Lowell sailed to a remote island in Boston Harbor for a 17-day escape from New England’s prim and proper society. Calling themselves the Scribe, the Aristocrat, the Acrobat, and the Autocrat, the women rusticated in a cottage on Great Brewster Island, reveling in […]
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The Boston Tea Party – in Boston, and also Needham!
Needham History Center & Museum 1147 Central Ave., Needham, MA, United StatesA talk by Gloria Greis. December 10th at 2:00 pm. at the Needham History Center, 1147 Central Avenue. On the night of December 16, 1773, a group of thinly-disguised Sons of Liberty swarmed onto the ships in Boston harbor and threw the costly chests of tea overboard, in protest to the new British tea tax. […]
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“Remember Me to All the Friends”
Needham History Center & Museum 1147 Central Ave., Needham, MA, United StatesIn 1862, George W. Harwood of North Brookfield enlisted for three years with the 36th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers. This book is the collection of letters he wrote home. His regiment traveled with the 9th Corps under General Ambrose E. Burnside through MD, VA, KY, MS, and TN. The 9th Corps was sometimes referred to […]
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Going Back to T-Town
Needham History Center & Museum 1147 Central Ave., Needham, MA, United StatesA book talk with author Carmen Fields. October 11 - 7:00pm Needham History Center 1147 Central Avenue, Needham Countless young people in the Midwest, South, and Southwest went to dances and stage shows in the early to mid-twentieth century to hear the territory bands play. Territory bands traveled from town to town, performing jazz and […]